Golf tee



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GOLF TEE.

Application filed September 12, 1923, Serial No. 737,271.

To all whom it may concern: I Be it known that I, FREDERIC W. BAnK-HILL, citizen of the United States, residing at Arkansas City, in thecounty of Cowleyand State of Kansas, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Golf Tees, of which'the following is. aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in golf tees and more particularlyto. a portable tee which may be conveniently carried by golf players,to. use as a support for the It is an object of the invention to prothesides of which form a contiguous part of thebody.

'A further object of the invention is to provide a'portable tee havingan anchor conmeted-{therewithwhich will serve as a re-- sistance toithetee when in-fiight, so it will not-.t-ravel far.

"Another object of the invention is to provide anarticle, ofth-e' abovementioned char- .acter 'wl iichfis .siinple'and durable in constructiom'-lreliable and .efiicient in use, and inexpensiveto manufacture.

'Otherf obectsrand advantages of the 1n-' .of the following description.

-In the accompanying drawing, forming a .part'if'of this specificationand in which like numerals are employed to designate like partsthroughout the same,

Fig. 1, is a perspective view of the device in use,

Fig. 2, is a. longitudinal sectional view ofthetee,-f

.Fig.- 3, is across sectional view of-the same, and,

Fig. 4, is a plate.

In theldrawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration 1 have shown apreferred embodiment o.f-my invention, the body of tile-i081?is'for'lned from a single pieceof material, preferably wood, which isgradually tapered from a point adjacent its upper .end, towards itslower end to define a sharp point 6, to facilitate the placing of thetee in the ound. The sides of-the upper end of the li tiguous with thesides ofthe tapered portion, providing a relative small head .7 havingits top surface dished or concaved, as

at 8, to'provide a seat for the golf ball 9.

perspective view of the anchor odywextend straight from and con- As moreclearly shown in Fig. 2, the curvaplaced in the ground.

To limit the flight of the tee through the ail-should it 'be struckbythe golf club, an anchor 11 is connected to the. tee by a length ofcord or wire 12. The anchor is 7 preferably formed from a flatrectangular piece 'of metal 13 having one of its ends slightly reduced,as at 14, and bent upon itself, as at 15, having a central aperture16=at the bend to receive one end of the cord 12 which is knotted andsecurely held in place by the bent end.- The oppositeend of the cord isinserted in an opening 17 in the'sicle ofthe te'e' adjacent the upperend and secured" in place by glue and a wedge 18.

In use, the tee may be conveniently carried about the golf course andreadilyinserted in the ground to support the ball when driving off. Itwill be observed, that owing to the relative smallness of the seat uponwhich the ball rests the radius of the edge'of the seat to prevent anyEnglish, side lash, or come back to the ball when struck by the club.The head of the tee is free from flanges and does not extend beyond thesides-of the body, so that the head will not be broken from the bodyshould it be struck by the club. If in driving off the tee is carriedinto the air, the

shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or the scope of thesubj'oined claims.

Having thus described my invention I claim:' 4

p 1. A golf'tee formed from a single piece of material comprising atapered shank having a straight head extending" vertically from saidshank, said head having its upper surface concaved to provide a seat forthe golf ball, an anchorplate, and flexible means connecting said'platewith said shank.

2. A golf tee formed from a single piece of material comprising atapered shank having a strai ht head integral with'said shank, said headeingv concaved to provide a seat for the golf ball, an anchor platehaving a reduced end bent upon itself and having a central aperture atits bend and a flexible member having one of its ends inserted in saidaperture and secured in place by the bent end, the opposite end'of themember being secured tosaid shank.

3. A golf tee formed from a single. piece of material comprising a headhaving a tapered shank extending axially therefrom,

said head having its upper surface concaved to provide a seat for theball, an anchor plate and flexible means connecting, said plate withsaid shank.

4. A golf tee formed from a single piece of material comprising a bodytapered for the greater portion of its length to provide a shank, theupper end of said body terminating, in a cylindrical head, the diameterof said head corresponding with the greatest diameter of the taperedportion, said head having its upper surface concaved.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FREDERIC W. PARKHILL.

